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D.C. must prosecute David Gregory

“This is not unusual for high-profile cases. The police investigate the facts and give the results to the prosecutor to decide whether to bring charges,” he explained. “It’s also routine in cases like this where the crime was not committed in police officers’ presence.” If the OAG decides to proceed, a warrant for Mr. Gregory’s arrest will be sought.

Ms. Crump would not say whether the Sunday-show host was interviewed or a search warrant issued, as might be done in more ordinary circumstances.

Asked whether it was normal for the police not to interview a suspect as part of an investigation, Mr. Gardiner said it depends. “The police usually only interview people who are not sophisticated and wealthy, because the police figure they don’t have counsel and so don’t know that they can say, ‘no,’” he explained.

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Mr. Gregory’s case is also similar to that of former Army Spc. Adam Meckler, who was arrested in 2011 for the nonthreatening crime of unknowingly bringing unregistered ammunition — without a gun — into the city.

Unregistered ammunition? WTH? Those are some crazy gunammunition laws.

On the issue of ‘prosecute’ it seems walmart has a problem? Now one has to wonder if this, IF true, is why walmart is being so helpful in the gun issue when the got with dear joe? This smells worse than a two week left out in the sun fish to me?

Mike Duke learned in 2005 that executives in the company’s México unit handed out bribes to local officials

In Mexico, you hand out bribes. My Spanish teacher told our class it was a good idea to carry RayBans in case the police stopped you for any reason. At the time, maybe still now, Mexican cops loved the look of mirrored RayBans.

Once again, the elite is held to a different standard than the hoi polloi. Laws are for little people, donchaknow…

In July, The Washington Times highlighted the plight of former Army Spc. Adam Meckler, who was arrested and jailed for having a few long-forgotten rounds of ordinary ammunition — but no gun — in his backpack in Washington. Mr. Meckler, a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, says he had no idea it was illegal to possess unregistered ammunition in the city. He violated the same section of D.C. law as Mr. Gregory allegedly did, and both offenses carry the same maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.

Mr. Meckler was charged with the crime and was forced to accept a plea deal to avoid the cost and time of a protracted legal fight. The indefensible nature of Mr. Meckler’s case led directly to a new law passed by the D.C. Council in December that allows prosecutors to file civil instead of criminal charges, but only if the accused was unaware of the city’s laws.

That exemption probably wouldn’t apply to Mr. Gregory, who held up a 30-round rifle magazine on his show on Dec. 23 to make his point about the need to ban them. NBC asked the police in advance for permission to bring the contraband into Washington for the interview with National Rifle Association’s Wayne LaPierre, but it was not granted.

“I unknowingly broke the law,” Mr. Meckler told The Washington Times. “Mr. Gregory knowingly broke the law. While both are seemingly harmless, both acts were deemed illegal under the District’s obscure firearms laws.” Mr. Meckler said he would never have intentionally left the rounds in his bag.

“I think if you had to measure the criminality of the two instances, his should be interpreted as more severe. At the very least, he should be put on probation, pay a fine and be added to the District’s Gun Offender Registry, as I was ordered to do,” Mr. Meckler said.